Neglect
Neglect verb - To fail to give proper attention to.
Usage example: as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities
Watch
How words are described
| similar | similar neglect | similar watch |
| simple | simple neglect | simple watch |
| real | real neglect | real watch |
| constant | constant neglect | constant watch |
| Other adjectives: new. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Matilda: Roald Dahl's Matilda endures both this and neglect; they call her names and deride her for not being like them (she prefers to read while they watch endless, brainless television).
Source: Abusive Parents / Literature -
One obvious example is the episode in which Bill and Ted neglect to buy Bill's father an antique railroad watch as a birthday present, to replace the one he lost as a child.
Source: Temporal Paradox - Every century, he returns to life for one year and rules again, rebuilding his kingdom from a century of neglect and misrule, but at the end of the year the swords return and he has to watch again as his kingdom collapses without him.
Source: The Punishment
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